DeShawn Stevenson arrested for public intoxicationBy Dan Steinberg
During an interview with Dallas’s 105.3 The Fan on Tuesday, DeShawn Stevenson was asked about the Mavericks’ epic South Beach party after winning the title.

“Actually, I didn’t go out,” Stevenson said. “I go out a lot but I didn’t go out that night. I didn’t go to the party because my wife wasn’t there, she’s pregnant and I don’t think she can fly right now, so I’m not gonna go out and celebrate while she’s home. I already felt bad....I mean, I missed being there as a family, I know it was a good time, but at the same time I’m happy we got that championship. If my wife did come, she’s pregnant, we can’t be in the club like that. Somebody could push her, she could slip. It’s not a good look.”

Instead, he explained, he was playing cards for money with his financial advisor and best friend.

Also, the first question he was asked was “Have you gotten over your Finals hangover yet?”

“Not really,” he answered.

Anyhow, inevitably, comes Wednesday’s news that Stevenson was arrested for public intoxication by Irving police, who “found him wandering disoriented in an apartment complex.” The Dallas Morning News wrote that Stevenson did not know where he was. Not a good look.

Still, while being depressed about that, we can relish Stevenson’s answer when asked about his amazing LeBron t-shirt.

<a name="pagebreak"> “I was in my room after the game playing cards, listening to music, and somebody knocked on my door. I didn’t know who he was. He had the shirt on, and I had the championship shirt on that we actually won, so I told him I’d give him mine if he gave me yours. And we swapped it out.... We swapped out and I wore it and it’s everywhere now.”

Or his answer when asked about his tension with LeBron.

“I mean, it was a lot of tension in that Wizards series and Cleveland, just because they knocked us out the first round three times,” Stevenson said. “I think with the whole Jay Z [thing], he made a song about me, we had stuff there, but it was a new team. I don’t know, for some reason, everybody loves that story. Everything I said in the [Heat] series got blown out of proportion. Jim Rome said something I supposedly said that I didn’t say, then a fake Facebook page is out there and I don’t do Facebook or Twitter. I think people love that hype and they want to keep it going.”

Or his answer when asked about the Heat making fun of Dirk’s cough.

“I was pissed off about it. but at the same time it shows a lot about their character and how they do things,” Stevenson said. “And I think that’s why a lot of people dislike them or don’t like the way they handle things. You know, Dirk is a soldier. He plays through a torn finger, he had a sinus infection with a 101 temperature, and I don’t know if people know, a sinus infection is like the worst thing you could ever have.”

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DeShawn Stevenson joined 105.3 The Fan in Dallas with Josh, Elf and Arnie to discuss winning the championship, the best and worst parts about being DeShawn Stevenson, his arrest two nights after winning the championship, what he was thinking when all of that went down, how he obtained the "How Does My Dirk Taste?" T-shirt and his Abraham Lincoln tattoo.

When did you truly believe the Mavericks were going to win the championship?:
"I'd say when Jet got that tattoo. I didn't believe it, but when Jet got the tattoo and we was on a roll, we had a lot of starting people coming off the bench - Shawn Marion, he's a starter; Jason Terry, he's a starter; J.J. Barea, he's a starter. We had a lot of people coming off the bench and I just felt we were a powerhouse team."

What's the best thing about being DeShawn Stevenson?:
"I'd say being in Dallas and being with a team that has great fans. Some teams don't have fans like we have. They stuck with us and it's a great thing going out there playing, knowing you've got 20,000 behind your back."

What's the worst part?:
"The toughest part is I get stereotyped by all my tattoos and things like that. If you know me, I'm a great guy."

Do you want to clear up what happened with the quick arrest following winning the championship:
"People don't understand. I was going to a party with all of my friends in an apartment. I left. I'm walking down the street … and I guess because I have tattoos a cop told me to come here, asked me what I was doing. I told him what I was doing and he told me to go by the cop car. I'm thinking that he's going to ask me a couple questions and I'm going to go home. He comes, puts me in handcuffs and I go to jail for four hours. … I asked him what I was going to jail for and he said public intoxication."

Did he give you a Breathalyzer or anything?:
"This is the thing, I asked for it. I asked for the Breathalyzer and he wouldn't give it to me."

What was he thinking as he's sleeping on the floor in jail?:
"I really didn't think about that because I knew I didn't do anything wrong. Sometimes when you get put in bad situations, you think, ‘Why did I do that? Why was I driving drunk? Why did I have this? Why did I have that?' This is like, I'm walking down the street. Sometimes people stereotype you. I've been like that all my life. I think it makes you stronger and understand where you came from."

Where did the "How Does My Dirk Taste?" T-shirt come from?:
"After we won the championship, we was going to the locker room and I saw a guy with a shirt. We had the championship shirts and he wanted it. I said, ‘I'll switch out if you give me that one.' So we switched shirts. I didn't tell nobody I had it. The next day we woke up and I wore it on the plane and to the parade."

What's up with the 5-dollar bill tattoo on his neck?:
"I was going to get Martin Luther King and I told Gilbert Arenas. You should never tell nobody your idea. That summer, he came back and got it. So I didn't know who to get. I got Abraham Lincoln because he freed the slaves. I just had Abraham Lincoln and, from a distance, everybody kept saying, ‘Who is that?' So I put the five-dollar bill so everybody would stop asking me."

This post, written by Eric Schmoldt, appears courtesy of Sports Radio Interviews. For the complete highlights of the interview, as well as audio, click here.

The more I read about him, the more I like him. I'd chill with Stevenson.

Dude seems chill. I like him. So what if he's a little on the ghetto-fabo side. He's doin' his thing and lets be honest he was a focal part of that last game to seal it. D'ing up on Lebron and had a gang of 3's.

Dude seems chill. I like him. So what if he's a little on the ghetto-fabo side. He's doin' his thing and lets be honest he was a focal part of that last game to seal it. D'ing up on Lebron and had a gang of 3's.